Your Guide to Zadar
Where to eat, sleep and swim on the peninsula and the coast around it.
City Guide
All of Zadar
155+ places across Zadar and its coast. Konobas, beaches, hotels and nightlife - one independent guide.
Car Rental
Hire a car and explore the Dalmatian coast
Taxi Kaleb Zadar
Fleet reaches well past saloon
Travel Tip
Swim Off the Rocks
The bottom is rock and shingle rather than sand, which keeps the water clear all season. Locals swim off the concrete platforms at Kolovare and the rock slabs past Diklo; bring swim shoes and watch the ladder on the way out.
Falkensteiner Hotel Adriana
Keeps children out by design,
Borik Beach
Where the resort strip swims:
Restaurants
Old Town konobas & Adriatic seafood
Laundry Zone Zadar
The coin operated option: no
Pharmacy Jadran
The public service's counter out
Garage Center
A private garage that sells
Croteo Escursioni
Sells its Kornati and Telascica
Accommodation
Old Town stays & Borik resorts
Restaurant The Taste
The kitchen that asks you
Punta Bajlo Beach
The one without a bar
La Perla Laundry
Knowing the cost before you
Museum of Illusions Zadar
Where Roman stone fatigue gets
Attractions
Roman forum, St Donatus & the Sea Organ
Guma Night Club
The one club actually on
Food & Drink
Eat Like a Local
Order the things this coast does best: whole fish priced by the kilogram, black cuttlefish risotto, shellfish in a buzara, pasticada with gnocchi, and Pag cheese to start. Finish with Maraschino, distilled in this city for five hundred years.
Pizzeria Gusti
Loyalty points and a driver
Gazenica Ferry Port
Arrive here, not at the
Explore by category
Explore Zadar
From Old Town konobas and the Kalelarga terraces to Kornati boat trips, the Roman forum and the Sea Organ. Every corner of Zadar by category.
Around the city
Around Zadar
From the walled Old Town out to Borik, Kolovare, the ferry port at Gazenica and the sand at Nin.
Tours & Tickets
Tours & Day Trips in Zadar
Boat trips, day tours and skip-the-line tickets around the city and the islands, via GetYourGuide.
Beaches Around Zadar
Where to swim: the concrete platforms at Kolovare below the walls, resort sand at Borik, the wild point past Diklo, and real sand at Nin.
Day Trips from Zadar
Krka, Plitvice, the Kornati islands, Paklenica, Nin and Sibenik, with honest drive times, what each day actually involves, and which ones are worth hiring a car for.
One Day in Zadar Old Town
A walking route across the pedestrian peninsula: the Roman forum, St Donatus, the cathedral bell tower and Five Wells Square, ending at the Sea Organ for sunset.
Recently Added in Zadar
The newest businesses to join the directory.
Car hire
Hiring a car in Zadar
Compare the local operators on one screen. Worth knowing before you book: the Old Town is pedestrian and the lots outside it fill by mid morning in August, so most visitors hire for the days they leave the city rather than the whole stay.
Common questions
Common Questions
May to mid-June and September to October are the sweet spots: warm enough to swim, cool enough to walk the peninsula without melting, and rooms cost noticeably less. July and August run past 30 degrees with the year's biggest crowds on Kalelarga and the Riva.
A morning covers it properly. The peninsula is about six hundred metres across, so the forum, St Donatus, the cathedral, Five Wells Square and the market are all within a short walk of each other. Add the bell tower climb and a long coffee on Kalelarga and you have filled a day.
The airport sits at Zemunik, about nine kilometres south east. The shuttle bus meets flights and reaches the city in around twenty five minutes; taxis, Uber and pre-booked transfers reach Old Town accommodation in fifteen to twenty minutes and the Borik hotels in about twenty five.
No. The Old Town is entirely pedestrian and no vehicle reaches most doors. Parking sits on the mainland side, is charged by zone and fills by mid morning in summer, so visitors staying inside the walls usually park at the harbour quay or the covered garage and walk in.
Calls run from spring into November and berth at Gazenica, three kilometres south east of the peninsula, with passengers reaching the walls by shuttle or taxi from mid morning. The forum and the Riva are heaviest from about ten until mid afternoon; early morning and evening stay calm.
For a half day, yes. The crossing takes twenty minutes as a foot passenger and costs a few euros, and the island gives you olive groves, quiet harbours and the view back at Zadar from the fort above Preko. Take a bicycle if you can; the ferry carries them for very little.
May to mid-June and September to October are the sweet spots: warm enough to swim, cool enough to walk the peninsula without melting, and rooms cost noticeably less. July and August run past 30 degrees with the year's biggest crowds on Kalelarga and the Riva.
The airport sits at Zemunik, about nine kilometres south east. The shuttle bus meets flights and reaches the city in around twenty five minutes; taxis, Uber and pre-booked transfers reach Old Town accommodation in fifteen to twenty minutes and the Borik hotels in about twenty five.
Calls run from spring into November and berth at Gazenica, three kilometres south east of the peninsula, with passengers reaching the walls by shuttle or taxi from mid morning. The forum and the Riva are heaviest from about ten until mid afternoon; early morning and evening stay calm.
A morning covers it properly. The peninsula is about six hundred metres across, so the forum, St Donatus, the cathedral, Five Wells Square and the market are all within a short walk of each other. Add the bell tower climb and a long coffee on Kalelarga and you have filled a day.
No. The Old Town is entirely pedestrian and no vehicle reaches most doors. Parking sits on the mainland side, is charged by zone and fills by mid morning in summer, so visitors staying inside the walls usually park at the harbour quay or the covered garage and walk in.
For a half day, yes. The crossing takes twenty minutes as a foot passenger and costs a few euros, and the island gives you olive groves, quiet harbours and the view back at Zadar from the fort above Preko. Take a bicycle if you can; the ferry carries them for very little.